Improvement in horseshoes



UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT S. AWILKINSON, OF PAWTUCKET,RHODE ISLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSESHES.

Specieation forming part of Letters Patent No. 57,029, dated August 7,1866.

To all whom it muy concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT S. WILKINSON, of Pawtucket, Providencecounty, State of Rhode Island, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Double Shoes for Horses and other Animals; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecication, in which- Figures 1, 2, and 3 are different views of myinvention, Fig. 1 is a vertical longitudinal section taken in the linea: w, Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken in the line y y,Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear view of Figs. 1 and 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

Retaining clamps and bands for securing shoes to the feet of horses andother animals in an adjustable manner and without the use of nails,Ste., are for many reasons very convenient and desirable, but, asordinarily constructed, such shoes have been too costly to be veryextensively used, for the reason that when they become worn out thewhole shoe has necessarily been condemned, while the cheapest portion ofthe shoe has only worn out and the expensive portion was yet goed andunworn.

The object of this invention is to provide an adjustable or detachableshoe of such construction that it is no more expensive than the ordinarykind of horseshoe.

My invention consists in certain improvements in details of the same, ashereinafter fully set forth.

Having described the nature of my invention, I will proceed to describeits construction and operation.

A a, Figs. l and 2, in the drawings is a double shoe. B is a high andwide toe-clip attached to the upper shoe, A; and b b, Figs. l, 2, and 3,are cnrv'ed heel-clips, which are constructed in one piece, as shown byb b, Fig. 3, and are also secured rigidly to the upper plate, A. Theseclips b b are elevated above the line of wear, as shown by rear view ofb b, Fig. 3. ff is a metallic clamping or retaining band for holding theshoe to the foot, and is attached to the shoe in an adjustable manner bybuttoning the ends of the band onto studs or buttons g g on theheel-clips, the band passing from one heel-clip around over the front ofthe hoof and back to the opposite heel-clip, the front of the shoe ortoe-clip B making connection with the band f, at the front of the hoof,by means of a loop, c, which engages with the bight of the band f, thelower end of the loop c being secured to the toe-clip. The band f isprovided with a clamping-screw, n, Figs. 2 and 3,-for tightening theband and bringing it to its proper bearing on the hoof, the band beingsevered at this point and connected by said clamping-screw, whichengages with lugs on the band at either side of the cut. The screw u,Fig. 3, is provided with a jam-nut, i, to secure the screw h in anyposition in which it is placed beyond the liability of accidentaldisplacement. y

To prevent abrasion of the hoof, and to aid the band f and clips to makean easy and correct t, a padding, e c, of rubber is placed he. tween thehoof and the same by being attached t0 the inside of said band and clipsas alinin g, in any suitable manner or otherwise.

In Fig. l the expansion of the heel is favored by the retaining-bandbeing placed well up on the heel, and alsol by allowing the heel to fitloosely in the clip that is occupied by the heel that moves laterally inthe shoe.

In cases of weak feet, which require a shoe to prevent expansion of thefoot, (such as sandcracks, split hoof, seedy toe, &c.,) the shoe, asshown in Fig. 1, may be made to t the foot so as to prevent expansion,and the horse kept at moderate healthful work while the cure of thedisease is going on.

The detachable method of securing the sustaining-bands to ,the shoesfacilitates their adjustment to the foot or their removal, and alsofacilitates repairing of shoe, &c. In this shoe the false plate a, whichis cheaply renewed, takes all the wear, and when worn out is readilyreplaced, so that the other parts have great practical durability. rlDhefalse plate a may be secured to the shoe in any suitable manner.

The upper plate, A, in this shoe is made of steel, while the lower plateis made of iron. The use of steel in the upper or permanent pmu ui onesuce aurnlus or me various parts, such as the c11ps,which are a pari; ofA, being made lighter than if made of iron.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Lebters Patent, is-

l. The combination of the double shoes A a, toe-clip B, with its loop c,curved heel-clips b lb, with buttons g g, clamping-bands f j',clamping-screw h, all constructed as'described, and operating in themanner and for the-purpose herein represented and described.

2. 'lhe jam-nut i, Fig. 2, in combination with the clamping or retainingband f, and clamping screw or bolt h, substantially in the manner andfor the purpose described.

3. The rubber padding e e, in combination with the heel-clips b b andboe-clip B, substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

ALBERT S. WILKINSON. Witnesses: p W. W. BLODGETT, WILLIAM W. BEAD.

